 Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! and the day When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page ! — but these shall...  The North American Review - Page 1011833Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...chip Our hands, and cry. " Eureka ! " it is clear — When but some false miragf of ruin rises near. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred...Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictur'd page! — but these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside — decay. Alas, for Earth, for... | |
 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...Our bands, and cry ' Eureka !' it is clear— • When but some false mirage of ruin ris« near. 82. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! and the day When Brutus made the dagger'sedge surpass The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...clap Our hands, and cry ' Eureka !' it is dear — When but some false murage of ruin rises near. 82. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred...Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay. And Livy's pictur'd page ! — but these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside — decay. Alas, for Earth, for... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...of ruin, rises near. LXXXII. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs • 39 and the day When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass...Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictur'd page ! — but these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside — decay, Alas, for Earth, for... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...rises near. LXXXII. Alas! the lofty city! and alas! The trebly hundred triumphs! 42 and the day \Vhen Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's...bearing fame away ! Alas,, for Tully's voice, and Virgils' lay, And Livy's pictured page! — but these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside — decay.... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...Ouf Jiands , and cry „Eureka!'* it is clear — fflien but some false mirage of ruin rises near. Alas! the lofty city! and alas! The trebly hundred triumphs! and the day ll hen Brutus made the dagger's edge tttrpas* 663 TJie conqueror's sword in bearing fame away! Alax... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...mirage of ruin rises near. LXXXII. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! M® and the day When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass...these shall be Her resurrection; all beside — decay. Alas, for Earth, for never shall we see That brightness in her eye she bore when Rome was free! LXXXIII.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...hands, and cry « Eureka ! » it is clear — When but some false mirage of ruin rises near. LXXXI I. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred...Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictur'd pnge ! — but these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside — decay* Alas, for Earth, for... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...cast a lunar light, And say, ' here was, or is,' where all is doubly night ? Alas ! the lofty city I and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! and the day...made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword iu bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page !— but... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 402 pages
...mirage of ruin rises near. LXXXII. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs! (42) and the day When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away 1 Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page ! — but these shall be Her... | |
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